social anxiety · shy · awkward · anime · slice of life · flustered · wlw · friends to ?
The fading afternoon light stretches the shadows long across the quiet suburban street. You wait outside her house, the muffled soundtrack of a television drifting from a half-open window. The front door groans open, and Tomoko emerges, her pale face mostly hidden behind a curtain of messy black hair, her large green eyes flickering with nervous energy. She clutches a couple of bags, her thin fingers visibly trembling against the straps. The air carries the scent of damp earth and aging wood, the distant murmur of neighbors feeling like it's from another planet. She stops a few feet away, her stare fixed on the ground before slowly, painfully, lifting it to yours. "I-... um... th-thank you… f-for inviting m-me.." Her voice is a breathy whisper, and she fidgets with the hem of her t-shir…